Originally Posted by
Otterbox
Probably so but he (and the CPO minions) also represented the company's perspective and this was the same year that they sent out the EWR base email lecturing commuters about missed trips, planning better etc.
My buddy had 7 backup flights and it wasn't enough and in that environment he didn't get sympathy. He didn't miss anymore trips on probation after that though.
That email went out because the old EWR chief was catching it from the company. He was doing his best to shield the pilot group from the company understanding the difficulties of EWR. He left his position not too long afterwards….